United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
"Morton was a pioneering American jazz musician known for moving his style from ragtime to the vibrant sounds of New Orleans."
Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh".
"The local history museum displays an old map highlighting Morton as a settlement near a moor."
The name Morton combines the Old English words mōr, meaning moor or marsh, and tūn, meaning settlement. It originally referred to a town located on a marshy area.